Planter.



W. D. SWlGGART.

PLANTER.

APPLlCATION FILED NOV. 29 1916.

1,281,873, Patented Oct. 15, 1918..

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W. D. SWIGGART.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 916- 1,281.;873, Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W. D. SWKGGART.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION men NOV. 29. 1916.

1,281,873. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

WILL D. SWIGG-ART, OF FULTON, KENTUCKY.

PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed November 29, 1916. Serial No. 134,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVI LL D. SWIGGART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Fulton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is a seed planter adapted to facilitate the planting of a plurality of seeds simultaneously at different levels of soil or to apply fertilizer at the same time that the seed is planted. I The invention has for its object to plant seed at different levels in the soil and to thereafter distribute soil over the seed so planted, the soil engaging means being adjustably mounted so that greater or lesser amounts of soil may be passed over the seed deposited in the furrows.

The invention comprises a standard provided with a plurality of conduits associated with which is a manually controlled gate for directing material througheach of the conduits simultaneously, or wholly through one or the other of the conduits. Each'conduit is provided with a discharge port adjacent the runner, and associated with the runner and the standard are soil engaging elements which serve to direct the soil over the seed planted through the discharge ports. These soil engaging devices may be adjustably mounted so that they engage a greater or lesser amount of soil, and they may employ a shovel or rotatable disk to distribute the soil over the furrows previously formed.

Various types of soil engaging devices may be employed in connection with the discharge ports of the conduits, and these soil engaging devices may be adjustably "mounted in fixed relation on the standard,

or may be pivotally mounted for relative movement on the standard and be maintained in a predetermined position by resilient devices.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detail description thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

While preferred embodiments of the inadjustable soil engaging element positioned a over one of the discharge ports.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the standard disclosing the discharge port at the side of the standard as well as the opening for the other discharge port and the pivoted gate.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the assembled structure.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation disclosing the standard with the means for engaging a pivoted soil engaging element.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the assem-' bled structure.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the assembled structure.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the assembled structure, parts being in section.

Fig. 8 is a detail view of a port protector adapted to be mounted on the standard.

Fig. 9 is a similar view of a port protector1 provided with a shovel to engage the sol I Fig. 10 is a detail view of a soil engaging element provided with a disk soil engaging member. I

Fig. 11 is a detail view of a soil engaging element provided with a fixed shovel which is adapted to be mounted on the resilient supporting element of the standard.

Fig. 12 is a detail view of the soil engaging element of Fig. 11 showing the curvature of the shovel.

Figs. 13 and 14.- show another embodiment of the soil engaging shovel.

The seed planter is adapted to be used with any suitable type of receptacle for the various seeds to be planted, or the fertilizer to be deposited. The standard 1 may be in the form of a casting, or may be of a plurality of parts suitably united. The upper end of the casting, indicated at 2, may be of any suitable form to cooperate with the hoppers (not shown) or seed containers which may be employed in connection with the planter herein described.

In the drawings, there is shown a projection, indicated at 3, to receive a lock bolt for holdingthe box or hopper inits-proper position on top of the standard -1. The standard may be providedalso with a su table seat, indicated at 4;, for connecting with a rail, not shown, of a frame of the planting means to which the structure herein illustrated is to be applied. Connected also with the standard 1 is showna bracket 5 provided with bearings for a feed shafta'ndan inner part of the hopper box hinge, which may be .of .thelordinaryv construction, and are not herein illustrated. This bracket 5 may be provided with .a seat 6, to receive a sect on, indicated at 7, of a front frame of av plantlng machine and connecting withft'he bracket 5 there maybeprovided a forearm which extends "frointhe bracket 5 to a runner indicated at 9. j V. v The runner 9 maybe-.ofany suitable form or construction and is shown provided With .a notched lower portion 10. The runneris preferably, thickened at 11V in rear of i the notched "portion 10 to provide ,a broad bearing surface in alinement withjthe standard 1. This bearing surface is bifurcated. to-

vprovide a short wing. 12 and a longwing 13,

betweenwhich is positioned a channel indicated'at'14. Thebearing surface 11 is preferably inclined from the horizontal,v and from the longer wing 13 upwardly; toward the shorter wing ,l2 so that the longer wing 13 is substantially of a depth equal 'to the lowest part ofthe runner9. Ifdesired, the

rear of the longer wing 13 maybe formed with an angular terminal, the angle being of any suitable degree, suc-h for example, as fortyfive. degrees, which extends from the base, of the wing near the terminus of wing 12 upwardly to the rearward extremity of the longer wing 13.

- ,The standard 1 preferably provided with a division wall 15 which extends from the lowerwportion of the standard, ormay extend from the channel 14;; of the runner to a predetermined point, such as 16, of the standard. At this point 16, the standard may be provided With any suitable means, shown in thedrawings as a plurality of elongated slots 17 servingas seats for a pivotalmaterial director, shown in the formof agate 18.

This gate 18. may be of any suitable material a'nd construction but shown as a sheet of metal having projections atthe upper and lower ends thereof, indicated at 19 and '20.;These projections may heintegral with the sheet 18, or otherwise secured thereto. The lowen projections 19 are designed to extend into the elongated seats 17 of the'standvard l to serveas pivotal supporting means for the gate 18, whilethe upper projections 20 are designedtobe positioned inseats21 :formedat the 'uppenportionf2 of; the standz 1 ;.aI'd.f:;.AIi-y,humbEROfthSeSeats 21 maybe provided; but as the standard 1 is shown with any uitablemeansfsuch the projections 20 willpass' into s mama-ea with any-awe, aotauia, the drawings merely disclose three of the seats 21. When. the gate 18 has been moved so that the projections 20 engage the central .seats 21, the material, such as seed, or fertilizer, may then pass into the plurality of conduits A and B, the material-- of cqnduit A passing out through port 22 of the standard '1, while the material of conduit B may pass out through the port formedat 23 in the chamber 14 of the b'as efa' id between the wings 2 and13'of the runner. j .If desired, th gate 18" Iii ayjbe s 24 t g g fi e J f is pr 'j s through the aperture 17 ffor dir tl'ng'the gate to open both ofjthe fconduits"AlandB,

moving thefgate upon its pivotflatf lfisofthat 5 eatal fto close conduit A or into 3 seat 21*?t diiitjB. It will' b'ejunderstohdjjthat any other suitable means maybefeii polye'd lieujof the handle24 to change the position of the z b ploy da p na 1ifimt2 whic may be integral with "the standard 1, i desired. This spacing elenint is preferabl L positioned adjacent.tofthefport122 and is designed to; maintain .tl1e "port free from soil by its en agement withasuitable soil devices passing thro ghithe 51615327; The

lower portion of 'the plate '26 fm'a'y, be bev- 61601 as. a 2 9 we u ifas'ri s ee to the materlal passing against this portion of the platejwhile' another portion of the plate, indicated at 30,; may ,7 b bent Qutwardly from the planeofth lplate coiitaining theslots 27 to for'mja fguardto'direct the :soil away from theport 2 2. Thejspac'ing element 25 is designed to' fconta ctwithfthe portion 30 of the plate 26, thereby providing an open channel throughwhich the seed may be passed into contact. withtheYfurrow provided inthe soillto receive theseed. If desired, this plat e 26 may be provid edwitha shovel attachment 31, shown nio'rejparticularly in Fig. 9, the 'shov'el being connected .to the plate 26 by means of a curved arm 32, the n i atio fw the' $1 2 3 et elb dy 26 of the plate being of a suitable degree to throw the soil with which, theisho iel 31 contacts over the furrow received the seed deposited through. port22, providins t e slots 2 h p a e 26 .tl iaii at may be adjusted to different heig hts'relative regulate the depth ef' iantingthsed in .to the standard 1; and runner flandthefeby the soil, byopening a furrow the depth the plate is to be set;

On the opposite side of the standard, there isfdisclosed a. soil. engaging element which ispadjustably mounted upon the standard.

lar portion 37 is guided in its vertical movement by a guide plate 39. This guide plate may be removably mounted upon a suitable support carried by the standard 1, such removable fastening means being shown as screws 40. The guide plate provides a channeled space for the vertical movement of the arm 36. To maintain the soil engaging element 33 at a predetermined position relative to the channel 14 between the wings of the runner 9, there may be provided a suitable resilient element, indicated at 41, toexert its energy against the arm 36. The standard 1 is shown provided with a bracket 42 which supports a rod 43 having a saddle 44-swiveled thereto. This saddle is designed to engage the arm 36 near the guide plate 39, and is preferably detachably mounted to the arm by any suitable means such as a bolt 45.. The rod 43 is preferably threaded, and extends through the bracket 42. This bracket also serves to mount a sleeve nut 46 which isdesigned to engage the threaded portion of the rod-4 2 for the purpose of ad vancing or retracting the saddle 44 relative to the bracket 42. Interposed between the bracket 42 and the saddle 44 maybe positione'd the spring; 41 heretofore referred to. It will be observed that the sleeve nut 46 maybe rotated to determine the operative position of the rotatable disk33. In Figs.

4 and 5, the soilengaging member 33 is shown as an arcuate cone disk. In Fig. 10, however, the soil engaging element is similar in all substantial respects to that shown in Fig, 4, -'with the exception that the section 35'of=the arm 36 is positioned at an angle to the planejof the arm 36 and serves to mount an ordinary CODCELVOrCOIIVQX disk 47. In lieu of the soil engaging elements shown in Figs. 4 and 10, there may be provided a fixed soil contacting member indicated at 48 in Figs. 11 and 12, and which may be termed a shovel. v This'shovel 48 is shown mounted upon the usual 'arm 36 and is preferably inclined relative to the plane of the arm 36. The blade of the shovel is preferably distorted so that it is substantially spoon shaped on its contacting surface, whereby soil which is engaged by the knife edge 49 of the shovel will be thrown over by the curved over portion 50 of the shovel to cover up theffurrow previously made by the runner.

In Figs. 13 and 14, a similar shovel is shown wherein the blade is indicated at 51, a curved over upper portion at 52 and the soil cutting portion at 53. In this structure, however, the arm 36 of the other embodiments of the soil engaging elements is omitted, and in lieu thereof, there is provided a triangular supporting element 54 which is pivotally mounted at 55 to alower bolt 56 which formerly supported the guide plate 45 of the standard. It is to be understood that when the element 54 is employed on the standard 1, the resilient element 41,

and its supporting member 42 are removed, and the bolt 40 is passed through the arcuate slot 56 of the member 54. By this arrangement, the bblt 40 may be loosened to permit of the vertical adjustment of the shovel 51, after which the bolt 40 may be tightened to maintain the shovel'in a fixed position on the standard.

Various other changes and alterations may be made in the structure herein set forth, particularly as to the soil engaging members which coiiperate with the discharge ports of the conduits, and the right is reserved to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a standard having a plurality of conduits discharging from different faces of the standard at different levels, a' runner for the standard and soil engaging means coeperating with each discharge port for directing soil over seed planted through the discharge ports. V

2. In a device of the class described, a standard having a plurality of conduits, said conduits having discharge portsat different positions on the standard, a runner for the standard and'soil engaging means co6pe'rating with each discharge port for directing soil over seed planted through the discharge ports, said soil engaging means being adjustably mounted relative to the standard.

3. In a device of the class described, a standard having a plurality of conduits, said conduits having discharge ports at diflerent positions on the standard, a runner for the standard, soil engaging means cotiperating with each discharge port for directing soil over seed planted through the discharge ports, and means carried by the standard to mount the soil engaging means at various positions relative to the discharge ports. 7

4. In a device of the class described, a standard having a plurality of conduits, said conduits having discharge ports at diflerent positions on the standard, a runner for the standard, soil'engaging means cooperatingwith each-discharge port for directingxsoil over seed planted through the discharge oorts and means to ad'ustthesoilaen a 'in 1 7 J b b b means at various vertical positions on the standard.

5. In a ,deviceof'the class described, a

face. of thestandard and operating to pre- 15 Vent .theloose soil from fallingprematurely into the furrow, and/soil. engagmgmeans mounted on thestandard and positioned incoiiperative relation to the wings.

6. In. a device of the class described, a standard having a conduit and a runnerconnected withthe standard, the. base of the runner vbeing thickened to coincide with the standardnnd terminating in. a plurality of wings adjacent the conduit,.one of: the wings being. longer than. the other :wing,.: the base of. the runner being beveled toward the longer wing.

7. Ina device oftheclass. described,- a standard having .a conduit and a runner connected withthe standard, the base ofthe runner, beings-thickened to. coincide with the standard and terminating in a plurality of wings adjacentlthe conduit,:one of the wings being longer than the other wing-and cut off at an .ang leL-so, that the'base of .the longer wingterrninates substantially with the termination of theshOrter wing and the upper portion thereof extends beyond. said shorter wing,'qa.portion.of the-bottom face. of the runner being beveled toward thelonger 8. In a device of the class described a standard'tcrminating in a runner, a. conduit terminatingin a discharge port in a side of. therunnenanda wing plate mounted for vertical adjustmentv on .the standard, said wing plate having an outwardly deflected portion to provide a channel for the pass sage ofmate'rial from the conduit into. the

,sitions-on' the standard, said wing plate beingprovided with a shovel positioned atan angle to the plane of the standard, said shovel designed to engage the soil and distribute it over the material being discharged from the conduit.

10. a device 0f the. class' des'cribed; standard having a conduit discharging from a port :in a vertical t'aceI-there f-rand asoil engaging.- :plate adj ustably mounted oer-the standard near the discharge port, said plate being bent outward-to form a guard t-jo dis rect the-soil away from said-port.

l1. Ina device. ofv the class. -descr-ibed, --a' standard havinga plurality act-material con duits discharging at different positions, from the standard, a runner fornthei standard," an

adjustable soil engagingxplate carried bythe standard to cooperate with one discharge port, and a second soil engagingielement piw otally connected tov the runner to cooperate with'the other discharge port;

12. In a device of the classdescribedfa standard, a runner, a soil engaging element having an arm pivotallylmou'nted onthe runner, a guide carried by: the standard through which the: arm operates, and resiliex ent means to'retain-the: arm in aiPI'GdEtGF- mined position. a

13. In a device. of the*class -described=,-a

standard provided with-a conduit-having a discharge I port, a runner L for the standard, means to engage the soil adjacentsaid'port to deflect the, soil therefrom, means tozdirect the soil to its former position andtmeans to resiliently mount the soil directin'g means upon the standard. r

14, In a device of the class described -a standard provided witha pluralityrof conduits having discharge ports, a runnen for the standard, an adjustable soil deflector positioned over one of saidports, means-can.

ried thereby to direct. the soil; to its. former-. position, and a; rotatable soil] contaeting member to coiiperate ith said Qther, dis? h rge port.

n a e c cf th cl ss d scribedea standard having a plurality?" of conduits;

r e ere nysa d s a d rd t rm t mg?) in a runner, said conduits; terminatin planted through the discharge ports; on ad-.

i ce sides of h s anda d, n 3? gin means pe ate h the pe ts 16. In a device of the cljassdescribed, a

e Seed Pla hro gh h disc arge ports, positioned on adjacent sidesof j'the' standard adjacent the lower extremitythere" of, and separate soilengagingmeans to cooperate with each of saidports.

In testimony whereof, I affix mysignature."

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